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Tuesday, 7 June 2016
WIJK BIJ DUURSTEDE - RIDDERKERK 48.75 miles
WIJK BIJ DUURSTEDE - RIDDERKERK 48.75 miles
This report is for the 6th June but was to tired to write, because the mileage is actually higher because I made a big mistake in navigation. In fact of turning left at one point we turned right. I won't go into details, but I just didn't notice as we were enjoying the cycling so much; it was beautiful and I thought we were on the Rhine Route. Enough of that.
There was a lot of dike cycling today and the sun was hot so we often had to stop and drink water or stopped for coffee. At one such coffee stop at a very nice roadside cafe there were 6 different nationalities having a break. Most of them also had Dutch apple tart with cream. Well, you have to look after yourself. The place we were really looking forward to see was Kinderdijk. A UNESCO Heritage Site. Everyone has seen the beautiful pictures of course with all those windmills on the dikes. Some were being used and others stood still. The place - it's just a cycle path alongside - is swarming with people taking pictures. It truly is a magnificent site and we are so glad to have seen all this.
We are also coming soon to the end of our cycling trip. One more day to Hellevoetsluis and see the family on Wednesday lunchtime and sail back Wednesday night. Home Thursday.
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This report is for the 6th June but was to tired to write, because the mileage is actually higher because I made a big mistake in navigation. In fact of turning left at one point we turned right. I won't go into details, but I just didn't notice as we were enjoying the cycling so much; it was beautiful and I thought we were on the Rhine Route. Enough of that.
There was a lot of dike cycling today and the sun was hot so we often had to stop and drink water or stopped for coffee. At one such coffee stop at a very nice roadside cafe there were 6 different nationalities having a break. Most of them also had Dutch apple tart with cream. Well, you have to look after yourself. The place we were really looking forward to see was Kinderdijk. A UNESCO Heritage Site. Everyone has seen the beautiful pictures of course with all those windmills on the dikes. Some were being used and others stood still. The place - it's just a cycle path alongside - is swarming with people taking pictures. It truly is a magnificent site and we are so glad to have seen all this.
We are also coming soon to the end of our cycling trip. One more day to Hellevoetsluis and see the family on Wednesday lunchtime and sail back Wednesday night. Home Thursday.
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Monday, 6 June 2016
Sunday, 5 June 2016
MILLINGEN a/d RIJN - Arnhem - WIJK BIJ DUURSTEDE 41
MILLINGEN a/d RIJN - Arnhem - WIJK BIJ DUURSTEDE 41.50 miles
Left a fantastic BandB (Friends on the Bike Organisation) and headed straight for the passenger ferry to take us over the Rijn to Pannerden and crossing the Rijn again at Loo. We soon reached Arnhem - a place we have visited many a time but it seems even busier now and the signs weren't all that clear, but we managed. We passed the Airborne Museum which recalls the events of September 1944 when Arnhem was the scene of the largest airborne assault of the Second World War. And of course we all remember the book and the film 'A Bridge too Far'. We also passed The Grebbeberg. Heavy fighting took place at the beginning of the war and many Dutch soldiers lost their lives and are buried there.
It was extremely warm cycling and for the first time ever I took my helmet off. When you look around nobody wears one, except the racers. What relief that was! It has been quite hard going today as it is hilly in this area and that with the heat we were pleased to reach our destination. We are staying at a farm on the Rijn Dike. Tomorrow will be a rest day, we need that. Also my brother is coming down to meet us and we shall go out for lunch and perhaps visit an exhibition if one is going around here.
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Left a fantastic BandB (Friends on the Bike Organisation) and headed straight for the passenger ferry to take us over the Rijn to Pannerden and crossing the Rijn again at Loo. We soon reached Arnhem - a place we have visited many a time but it seems even busier now and the signs weren't all that clear, but we managed. We passed the Airborne Museum which recalls the events of September 1944 when Arnhem was the scene of the largest airborne assault of the Second World War. And of course we all remember the book and the film 'A Bridge too Far'. We also passed The Grebbeberg. Heavy fighting took place at the beginning of the war and many Dutch soldiers lost their lives and are buried there.
It was extremely warm cycling and for the first time ever I took my helmet off. When you look around nobody wears one, except the racers. What relief that was! It has been quite hard going today as it is hilly in this area and that with the heat we were pleased to reach our destination. We are staying at a farm on the Rijn Dike. Tomorrow will be a rest day, we need that. Also my brother is coming down to meet us and we shall go out for lunch and perhaps visit an exhibition if one is going around here.
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